Roy Baldwin
Australian rules footballer
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| Intro | Australian rules footballer | ||
| Places | Australia | ||
| was | Athlete Football player Australian-rules footballer | ||
| Work field | Sports | ||
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| Birth | 28 July 1927, Mildura, Rural City of Mildura, Victoria, Australia | ||
| Death | 24 August 2016 (aged 89 years) | ||
| Star sign | Leo | ||
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Royston William Baldwin OAM (28 July 1927 – 24 August 2016) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Baldwin enlisted in August 1945, two weeks after his 18th birthday, and served until October 1947, spending 18 months overseas in New Britain.
In 1982 he was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for "services to sport in the fields of cricket and Australian rules football."